Events
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Anais Mitchell CD Release Show, Rachel Ries opens
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 23, 2012 From her current home base in a 200-year-old farmhouse in rural Vermont, Anais (“uh-NAY-iss”) Mitchell writes songs that are as intimate as conversations and as rich in detail as short stories. She is the rare musician who is equally comfortable wielding an acoustic guitar alone onstage, sharing a disc’s worth of alt-country duets, or scripting a vast operatic journey into the underworld. She’s a fearless explorer, and her world just keeps getting larger....
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Club Passim |
02/23/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
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Between Two Worlds: An Ottoman Musical Tapestry
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Boston College |
02/23/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Sharon Van Etten
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts February 23, 2012 With a starkly powerful voice, Sharon Van Etten is a master of writing songs with direct honesty and feeling. Over the course of releasing two full-length albums, Because I Was in Love (Language of Stone, 2009) and epic (Ba Da Bing, 2010), Van Etten has been celebrated by fans and critics alike. Since epic’s release, she has opened the Pitchfork Music Festival, played the Hollywood Bowl with Neko Case and Radio City Music Hall with The Antlers, sung on new records for Beirut and Ed...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
02/23/12 |
Paradise Rock Club, Boston |
Tre Williams and the Revelations
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 23, 2012 Come see Tre Williams and the Revelations at Johnny D's! The Revelations featuring Tré Williams represents a renewed dawning in soul music, one that marries the concrete jungle grit of the streets with the midnight blues of the rural South. The rawness of Stax and propulsive drive of Motown has been re-imagined for contemporary listeners needing relief from timeless problems. Far from a historical artifact straining to use yesterday’s sound as tomorrow’s gimmick, the...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/23/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Gift
Presented by The Fifth Floor Collective at Studio 401 at 31 Hemenway Street February 24, 2012 Please join us for The Fifth Floor Collective's first concert of the 2011-12 season.
Program:
Andrew Paul Jackson – Aphorism 8 for viola and soprano
Craig Pellet – Connections for horn and percussion
TBA – featuring a winner from our Call For Scores
Patrick Greene – Gift
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The Fifth Floor Collective |
02/24/12 |
Studio 401 at 31 Hemenway Street, Boston |
BSO Chamber Music Series: Mendelssohn and Mozart
Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra February 24, 2012 BSO Community Chamber Music Series at Northeastern’s Fenway Center
Hosted by the Music Department
Now in its fifteenth season, the series was previously held in a function room at Symphony Hall. The move to Northeastern allows a larger audience to attend the concerts, and takes advantage of the Fenway Center’s outstanding acoustics. Students and faculty in the Music Department at Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design will take an active role in the...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra |
02/24/12 |
Northeastern’s Fenway Center, Boston |
Hugh Masekela
Presented by Zeiterion Performing Arts Center at Zeiterion Performing Arts Center February 24, 2012 Hugh Masekela is an innovator in the world music and jazz scene and continues to tour the world as a performer, composer, producer and activist. Masekela’s Grammy® Award-winning hit “Grazing in the Grass” sold over four million copies and made him an international star while his Broadway smash musical Sarafina introduced the sounds and passion of South African music to theatre audiences worldwide.
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Zeiterion Performing Arts Center |
02/24/12 |
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford |
Celebrating Paine! Free concert by Portland String Quartet
Presented by Harvard University Department of Music February 24, 2012 CELEBRATING PAINE HALL A concert and reception celebrating the renovation and reopening of Paine Hall, the music classrooms, and state-of-the-art practice rooms at the Harvard University Department of Music The Portland Quartet performs John Knowles Paine: String Quartet in D Major, Op.5; and Walter Piston: Quartet No. 1
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Harvard University Department of Music |
02/24/12 |
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Drummer Yoron Israel with "High Standards"
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 24, 2012 Yoron Israel, a native Chicagoan, is one of the most gifted musicians of his generation. Yoron's exciting and tasteful drumming, along with his compositional talents are spotlighted throughout his recordings; "Basic Traneing" (Ronja Music Company), "Chicago" (Double Time), "Live at the Blue Note" (Half Note) and "A Gift for You" (Ronja Music Company). All of these fine works have received enthusiastic praise from journalists, musical peers and fans...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/24/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Lucy Kaplansky
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 24, 2012 She started out singing in Chicago bars. Then, barely out of high school, Lucy Kaplansky took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers - Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Bill Morrissey, Cliff Eberhardt, and others - where she fit right in. Kaplansky's voice continues to remain in high demand by her peers. She teamed with Dar Williams and Richard Shindell to form supergroup Cry Cry Cry, the three choosing to celebrate the amazing revitalization in...
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Club Passim |
02/24/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Schubert's Winterreise
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 24, 2012 Featuring a total of 24 songs, Winterreise tells the powerful story of a man who has lost his love, and with a broken heart, leaves his home and ventures on a “winter’s journey.” In addition to powerful poetry by Wilhelm Müller, the piano supplies rich musical imagery: a rushing storm, crying wind, water under the ice, birds singing, ravens croaking, and dogs baying. Schubert’s epic work features acclaimed tenor William Hite and pianist and Rockport Music...
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Rockport Music |
02/24/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
Either/Orchestra: The Collective Unconscious
Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) February 24, 2012 “One of the few bands around equally at home at the Vision Festival, the Roseland Ballroom, or CBGB.” —Will Friedwald, The Wall Street Journal
New England’s premier jazz ensemble, the ten-piece Either/ Orchestra returns with the Boston premiere of The Collected Unconscious, a new suite composed by band founder Russ Gershon. Inspired by the band’s tour of Ethiopia, the music is broad in its scope recalling Ethiopian rhythms alongside...
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Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) |
02/24/12 |
Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA), Boston |
Solas
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Somerville Theatre February 25, 2012 Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Solas is widely considered one of the most popular, influential and exciting Celtic bands. Playing a range of tunes from Woody Guthrie's Pastures of Plenty to Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad to traditional Irish jigs and reels, Solas varies the mix of fire-tested Irish tradition and contemporary sensibility with ease. They are touring in support of their new release, Shamrock City.
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World Music/CRASHarts |
02/25/12 |
Somerville Theatre, Somerville |
Gustafer Yellowgold
Presented by MASS MoCA at MASS MoCA February 25, 2012 The New York Times described this extraordinary combination of music and animation as "A cross between ‘Yellow Submarine’ and Dr. Seuss." New York Magazine named Gustafer’s creator Morgan Taylor Best Kids’ Performer, and his song "Mint Green Bee" was a Grand Prize Winner in the Children’s Category of the John Lennon Songwriting contest. This might be the best kids' show you ever see.
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MASS MoCA |
02/25/12 |
MASS MoCA, North Adams |
Token Creek Mozart Marathon Concert at MIT
Presented by MIT Music and Theater Arts at MIT's Kresge Auditorium February 25, 2012 Program: Divertimento in Bb major for Horns and Strings, K.287; Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, K. 442; Concerto in D Major, K. 537. Performers: Richard Menaul, horn; Rose Mary Harbison and Heidi Braun-Hill, violins; John Harbison, viola; Liz Foulser, bass; Rhonda Rider, cello; Robert Levin, piano. 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Visit Token Creek Festival at www.tokencreekfestival.org.
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MIT Music and Theater Arts |
02/25/12 |
MIT's Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge |
Joan Osborne
Presented by TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick at The Center for Arts in Natick February 25, 2012 Joan is artistically restless and consistently enthralling. Her debut CD, Relish, yielded the smash hit "One of Us" and scored seven Grammy nominations. She cemented her reputation as a top tier soul singer in the acclaimed documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown." Joan later toured with the Dixie Chicks and then wowed audiences as the lead singer for The Dead.
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TCAN - The Center for Arts in Natick |
02/25/12 |
The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick |
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 25, 2012 Singer and harp man Sugar Ray Norcia’s career kicked into high gear in 1979 when he formed the original Sugar Ray & the Bluetones with guitar giant Ronnie Earl, and it’s stayed there ever since.
Norcia has appeared on nearly 50 albums including discs with the Bluetones, Earl, Otis Grand, Ann Peebles, Michelle Willson, Sax Gordon, Duke Robillard, and his 1999 “Best Traditional Blues” Grammy nominated collaboration with fellow harmonica virtuosos James Cotton,...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/25/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
The Big Doozie Presents: The Billy Kelly Show
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 25, 2012 Billy Kelly is a guy with a guitar and shoes and a head and band called The Blahblahblahs and other stuff. His songs are humorous as well as funny. National Public Radio said that Billy has “an endearingly oddball since of humor,” but sadly they did not say anything about his sense of smell, which is pretty good too. Billy Kelly’s live performances feature sing-alongs, dance-alongs, yell-alongs, and snowman-alongs, among other types of ‘alongs’ too numerous to...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/25/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Anne Heaton CD Release
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 25, 2012 Heaton grew up in Chicago, lived in New York and now lives in Somerville, MA, the home of Q Division Studios, which -- only a bike ride away from her home -- is where she now records most of her music including her sophomore release “Give In” produced by Mike Denneen (Aimee Mann and Fountains of Wayne). Both “Give In” (released on Q Division Records) and Heaton’s independent debut album “Black Notebook” received national critical acclaim. Performing...
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Club Passim |
02/25/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
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Company of Thieves
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The Red Room @ Cafe 939 |
02/25/12 |
The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston |
Persian Blue at the Hard Rock Cafe
Presented by Hard Rock Cafe at Hard Rock Cafe February 25, 2012 Warm up a cold Saturday night with Persian Blue as they return to the Hard Rock Cafe. This time, they will be playing primal, rhythmic, fusion jazz and rock. A powerful beat stays the course, but you will also catch glimpses of subtle delights; the kind you wish you could recapture from dreams. This music grabs you so you cannot help but surrender to the ably guided journey. It will wake you up and also leave you feeling well satisfied.
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Hard Rock Cafe |
02/25/12 |
Hard Rock Cafe, Boston |
UNH Faculty Chamber Ensemble
Presented by University of New Hampshire February 25, 2012 The University of New Hampshire Department of Music Faculty Concert Series presents the UNH Faculty Chamber Ensemble Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. in Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative Arts Center on the Durham campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
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University of New Hampshire |
02/25/12 |
Johnson Theatre, Durham |
Are You Still There? music of voyage and remembrance
Presented by The Boston New Music Intiative at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall February 25, 2012 The Boston New Music Initiative will present Are You Still There? music of voyage and remembrance as part of its third concert season on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA. Featuring a chamber orchestra with soloists performing new works by living composers, Are You Still There? will showcase Ted Hearne’s Cordavi and Fig, Timothy A. Davis’s In Memoriam, Garrett Byrnes’s Concerto for Piano and...
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The Boston New Music Intiative |
02/25/12 |
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge |
Mozart's "Coronation" Mass Performed by Boston College University Chorale
Presented by Boston College February 25, 2012 Music from Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass, and American folk hymns and spirituals. John Finney, conductor.
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Boston College |
02/25/12 |
St. Ignatius Church, Chestnut Hill |
All-Beethoven Program
Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall February 23-February 25, 2012 Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is one of the most significant works by one of the greatest of all composers. This monolithic late work stands with the Ninth Symphony, the late string quartets, and the late piano sonatas as the culmination of Beethoven's transformation of music. Beethoven intended the Missa Solemnis celebration of the election of his patron Archduke Rudolph as Archbishop of Olmütz in 1820, but didn't complete it until 1822. German maestro Kurt Masur conducts, with the...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra |
02/23/12 -
02/25/12 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
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SambaViva
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/24/12 -
02/25/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Toni Lynn Washington
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 25, 2012 Come see Toni Lynn Washington at Johnny D's! Moments before Toni Lynn Washington takes the stage, you might see what appears to be a quiet, unassuming woman standing patiently out of the spotlight. But look quickly, because once the music starts, four decades of performing will kick into gear, and she’ll soon take control of the room like a pool shark running the table. Special performers are gifted with the innate ability to throw that “switch”. You know, that ignition of...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/25/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Group Saloum
Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Jewett Auditorium February 25, 2012 Founded by world-renowned griot percussionist Lamine Touré, Afro-pop band Group Saloum fuses Senegalese mbalax with elements of jazz, funk, reggae, and Afrobeat. Since Fall 2002, Lamine Touré has been serving as Artist-in-Residence at MIT, where he directs the Senegalese drumming ensemble Rambax. At Wellesley College, Lamine Touré will present a drumming workshop, open to all at 4:00 pm, then give an evening performance with Group Saloum.
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The Arts at Wellesley |
02/25/12 |
Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley |
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JJ & Thee Cuban Heels
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/25/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Hagen Quartet, Boston Debut!
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at NEC's Jordan Hall February 26, 2012 With more than 45 recordings and countless concerts to their credit, the Hagen Quartet, now celebrating their 30th anniversary season, has long been regarded as one of Europe's leading string quartets. Known for a remarkable balance, precision, and subtlety, coupled with an uncanny conceptual freshness, a Hagen Quartet performance is a must-hear concert event.
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Celebrity Series of Boston |
02/26/12 |
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston |